Effects of prenatal stress on suckling calves

Journal of Animal Science
D C LayM K Bjorge

Abstract

Pregnant Brahman cows (n = 42), bred to either Brahman or Tuli bulls, were randomly assigned to one of three treatments: 1) transported in a stock trailer for 24.2 km, unloaded at a second farm and penned for 1 h, and then returned to the original farm (TRANS); 2) i.v. injection of ACTH, 1 IU/kg BW (ACTH); or 3) walked through the handling facilities (SHAM). Treatments were initiated on d 60 and repeated at 80, 100, 120, and 140 d of gestation. The calves from these cows were subjected to tests to measure their capacity to react to stress. In Test 1, Tuli-sired calves were restrained at 10 and 150 d of age for 3.5 h. In Test 2, Brahman-sired calves were restrained for 3.5 h and given an injection of ACTH (.125 IU ACTH/kg of BW). In Test 3, Test-2 calves were restrained at 180 d of age and hot-iron branded. In Test 4, Test-1 calves were restrained at 180 d of age and given an injection of cortisol (6.7 ng/kg BW) to estimate cortisol clearance rate. During all tests, calves were restrained for 3.5 h, and heart rates were recorded and blood samples were taken at -15, 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, and 180 min. The 10- and 150-d-old TRANS calves maintained greater plasma cortisol in Test 1 (restraint) than the ACTH and SHAM calves (P ...Continue Reading

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